My Name is
Augustine
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. He enjoys playing sports like soccer and tetherball. Augustine's favorite verses are Proverbs 3:5-6 because they help him trust the Lord. He has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study about the importance of standing firm in his faith. He prays that he will remember God in everything he does.
DOB: Feb 14, 2009
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Paul
Paul was brought to a local children’s home in 1999 by a pastor.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Divine
Divine was placed in the care of her aunt after both her parents died of an illness.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Rachel Mwila
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.